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30-415: In 1988, it was purchased by Concord Pacific Developments with investors led by Hongkonger billionaire Li Ka-shing . It was subsequently expanded during Vancouver's recurrent housing booms of the 1990s and 2000s, brought about by greater port traffic and general economic activity, waves of Asian immigration, and the 2010 Winter Olympics . Estimates of the total size of the finished development range from

60-702: A resident of Hong Kong , including permanent and non-permanent residents. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the word Hongkonger first appeared in the English language in an 1870 edition of The Daily Independent , an American-based newspaper. In March 2014, both the terms Hongkonger and Hong Kongese were added to the Oxford English Dictionary . In contrast, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of American English adopts

90-512: A " [C]$ 2 billion... 200 acre site comprises approximately 8,000 units of accommodation " to a " [C]$ 4 billion [site]... [home to] more than 20,000 people on over 200 acres " to " about 50 buildings with 10,000 homes ". In 2010, city councillor Geoff Meggs said that Vancouver City Council wouldn't push Concord Pacific Developments to develop the land on the project. 49°16′34″N 123°06′21″W  /  49.2762°N 123.1057°W  / 49.2762; -123.1057 This article about

120-439: A guide may also enforce the best practice in ethics (such as authorship , research ethics , and disclosure) and compliance ( technical and regulatory ). For translations, a style guide may even be used to enforce consistent grammar, tones, and localization decisions such as units of measure . Style guides may be categorized into three types: comprehensive style for general use; discipline style for specialized use, which

150-480: A location on the Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hongkonger Hongkongers ( Chinese : 香港人 ; Jyutping : Hoeng1gong2 jan4 ), Hong Kongers , Hong Kongese , Hongkongese , Hong Kong citizens and Hong Kong people are demonyms that refer to a resident of Hong Kong , although they may also refer to others who were born and/or raised in

180-673: A poll conducted in December 2019, with the most notable spike occurring amongst younger residents. Following the passage of the 2020 Hong Kong National Security Law and a subsequent wave of emigrants from Hong Kong, that percentage has declined; in its latest poll published in June 2022, 39.1% of respondents identified as Hong Konger, 31.4% as Hong Konger in China, 17.6% as Chinese, 10.9% as Chinese in Hong Kong, and 42.4% as mixed identity. Mainland China holds

210-470: A precise legal definition of a Hong Kong resident. Under Article 24 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong residents can be further classified as permanent or non-permanent residents. Non-permanent residents are those who have the right to hold a Hong Kong Identity Card , but do not have the right to abode in Hong Kong . Permanent residents are those who have the right to hold a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card as well as

240-408: A short style sheet that cascades over the larger style guide of an organization such as a publishing company, whose specific content is usually called house style . Most house styles, in turn, cascade over an industry-wide or profession-wide style manual that is even more comprehensive. Examples of industry style guides include: Finally, these reference works cascade over the orthographic norms of

270-524: A unique identity under the rubric of One Country Two Systems . After the handover of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong surveyed Hong Kong residents about how they defined themselves. The number of Hong Kong residents identifying as "Hong Kongers" slowly increased over the decade of the 2010s, reaching a high watermark during and immediately following the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests , with over 55 percent of all respondents identifying as "Hong Konger" in

300-648: Is Chinese, with 29.9 per cent having been born in mainland China , Taiwan or Macau . Historically, much of the Han Chinese trace their ancestral origins from Southern China as Chaoshan , Canton , Taishan , Fujian , Jiangxi , and Zhejiang . For example, in the 1850s–60s as a result of the Taiping Rebellion and in the 1940s prior to the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Thus, immigrants from Guangdong and their descendants have long constituted

330-849: Is often called a style manual or a manual of style ( MoS or MOS ). A short style guide, typically ranging from several to several dozen pages, is often called a style sheet . The standards documented in a style guide are applicable for either general use, or prescribed use in an individual publication, particular organization, or specific field. A style guide establishes standard style requirements to improve communication by ensuring consistency within and across documents. They may require certain best practices in writing style , usage , language composition , visual composition , orthography , and typography by setting standards of usage in areas such as punctuation , capitalization , citing sources , formatting of numbers and dates, table appearance and other areas. For academic and technical documents,

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360-430: Is often specific to academic disciplines , medicine , journalism , law , government , business, and other industries; and house or corporate style , created and used by a particular publisher or organization. Style guides vary widely in scope and size. Writers working in large industries or professional sectors may reference a specific style guide, written for usage in specialized documents within their fields. For

390-614: The Anglosphere include Americans , Britons , Canadians , Australians, New Zealanders. There are also small pockets of East Asian communities, such as the Japanese and Koreans , living in Hong Kong. Hong Kong culture is primarily a mix of Chinese and Western influences, stemming from Lingnan Cantonese roots and later fusing with British culture due to British colonialism (Chinese: 粵英薈萃 ; Jyutping: jyut6 jing1 wui6 seoi6 ). From 26 January 1841 to 30 June 1997, Hong Kong

420-507: The Hakka , Hokkien , and Teochew , residents who are Hong Kong-born and/or raised often assimilate into the mainstream Cantonese identity of Hong Kong and typically adopt Cantonese as their first language. In addition to the Han Chinese supermajority, Hong Kong's minority population also comprises many other different ethnic and national groups, with the largest non-Han Chinese groups being

450-502: The territory's transfer to China in 1997, though a significant percentage returned in the years following. A new emigration wave occurred following the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests and the United Kingdom's enactment of the BN(O) visa scheme . Style guide A style guide is a set of standards for the writing, formatting , and design of documents . A book-length style guide

480-929: The Southeast Asian community which include the Filipinos (2.7 per cent), Indonesians (1.9 per cent), as well as the Thais and Vietnamese . In 2021, 0.8 per cent of Hong Kong's population were of European ancestry , many (48.9 per cent) of whom resided on Hong Kong Island , where they constitute 2.5 per cent of the population. There are long-established South Asian communities , which comprise both descendants of 19th and early 20th-century migrants as well as more recent short-term expatriates. There are small pockets of South Asian communities who live in Hong Kong including Indians , Nepalese , and Pakistanis , who respectively made up 0.6 per cent, 0.4 per cent, and 0.3 per cent of Hong Kong's population in 2021. Smaller diaspora groups from

510-499: The United States' The Chicago Manual of Style from the University of Chicago Press . Australia has a style guide, available online, created by its government. The variety in scope and length is enabled by the cascading of one style over another, analogous to how styles cascade in web development and in desktop cascade over CSS styles. In many cases, a project such as a book , journal , or monograph series typically has

540-473: The adjacent province of Guangdong . The territory is also home to other Han subgroups including the Hakka , Hoklo , Teochew (Chiuchow), Shanghainese , Sichuanese and Taiwanese . Meanwhile, non-Han Chinese Hongkongers such as the British , Filipinos , Indonesians , South Asians and Vietnamese make up six percent of Hong Kong's population. The terms Hongkonger and Hong Kongese are used to denote

570-539: The form Hong Konger instead. The form Hong Konger also seems to be preferred by governments around the world. In 2008, the U.S. Government Publishing Office decided to include Hong Konger as a demonym for Hong Kong in its official Style Manual . The Companies House of the UK government similarly added Hong Konger to its standard list of nationalities in September 2020. The aforementioned terms all translate to

600-641: The handover of Hong Kong in 1997; although it still participates in the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association . Moreover, Hong Kong also has indigenous people and ethnic minorities from South and Southeast Asia , whose cultures all play integral parts in modern day Hong Kong culture. As a result, after the 1997 transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China , Hong Kong has continued to develop

630-907: The language in use (for example, English orthography for English-language publications). This, of course, may be subject to national variety, such as British, American, Canadian, and Australian English . Some style guides focus on specific topic areas such as graphic design , including typography . Website style guides cover a publication's visual and technical aspects as well as text. Guides in specific scientific and technical fields may cover nomenclature to specify names or classifying labels that are clear, standardized, and ontologically sound (e.g., taxonomy , chemical nomenclature , and gene nomenclature ). Style guides that cover usage may suggest descriptive terms for people which avoid racism , sexism , homophobia , etc. Style guides increasingly incorporate accessibility conventions for audience members with visual, mobility, or other disabilities. Since

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660-450: The largest number of Hong Kong expatriates, though the Hong Kong diaspora can also be found in Taiwan and several English-speaking countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Most Hongkongers living outside of Greater China form a part of the larger overseas Chinese community. The migration of Hongkongers to other parts of the world accelerated in the years prior to

690-433: The majority of the ethnic Chinese residents of Hong Kong, which accounts for the city's broad Cantonese culture . The Cantonese language , a form of Yue Chinese , is the primary language of Hong Kong and that used in the media and education. For that reason, while there are groups with ancestral roots in more distant parts of China, such as Shanghai and Shandong , as well as members of other Han Chinese subgroups, such as

720-466: The most part, these guides are relevant and useful for peer-to-peer specialist documentation or to help writers working in specific industries or sectors communicate highly technical information in scholarly articles or industry white papers . Professional style guides of different countries can be referenced for authoritative advice on their respective language(s), such as the United Kingdom's New Oxford Style Manual from Oxford University Press ; and

750-403: The right of abode. The Basic Law allows residents to acquire right of abode by birth in Hong Kong, or in some other ways . For example, residents of China may settle in Hong Kong for family reunification purposes if they obtain a one-way permit (for which there may be a waiting time of several years). Formally speaking, the government of Hong Kong does not confer its own citizenship, although

780-577: The rise of the digital age, websites have allowed for an expansion of style guide conventions that account for digital behavior such as screen reading . Screen reading requires web style guides to focus more intently on a user experience subjected to multichannel surfing. Though web style guides can also vary widely, they tend to prioritize similar values concerning brevity, terminology, syntax, tone, structure, typography, graphics, and errors. Most style guides are revised periodically to accommodate changes in conventions and usage. The frequency of updating and

810-557: The same term in Cantonese , 香港人 ( Cantonese Yale : Hèung Góng Yàhn ). The direct translation of this is Hong Kong person . During the British colonial era , terms like Hong Kong Chinese and Hong Kong Britons were used to distinguish the British and Chinese populations that lived in the city. The term Hongkongers most often refers to legal residents of Hong Kong, as recognised under Hong Kong Basic Law . Hong Kong Basic Law gives

840-508: The term Hong Kong citizen is used colloquially to refer to permanent residents of the city. Hong Kong does not require applicants for naturalisation to take a language test to become a permanent resident. However, Hong Kong migrants and residents are assumed to understand their obligation under Article 24 of the Hong Kong Basic Law to abide by the laws of Hong Kong. According to Hong Kong's 2021 census, 91.6 per cent of its population

870-460: The territory. The earliest inhabitants of Hong Kong were indigenous villagers such as the Punti and Tanka , who inhabited the area prior to British colonization . Though Hong Kong is home to a number of people of different racial and ethnic origins , the overwhelming majority of Hongkongers are of Han Chinese descent. Many are Yue –speaking Cantonese peoples and trace their ancestral home to

900-478: Was formally a British Dependent Territory . English was introduced as an official language of Hong Kong during British colonial rule , alongside the indigenous Chinese language , notably Cantonese . While it was an overseas territory, Hong Kong participated in a variety of organisations from the Commonwealth Family network. Hong Kong ended its participation with most Commonwealth Family organisations after

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